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EU customs compliance in a digital age: the future of customs professionals
Elena Lalova29 Jun 2026
EU customs compliance in a digital age: the future of customs professionals
A short reflection by Elena, Chairman of the Bulgarian National Organization of Customs Agents, on how the EU customs reform and rising automation are reshaping the customs representative profession — essential context for customs brokers and compliance professionals tracking where the profession is heading. Topics covered: Highlights from a customs...
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Structural shifts in customs functions: practitioner's perspective
Walter Van der Meiren28 Jan 2026
Structural shifts in customs functions: practitioner's perspective
A practitioner's perspective on how the customs function is changing inside organisations, presented by Walter Van der Meiren, Customs Brokerage Director at UPS, drawing on experience processing thousands of customs declarations each month across the EU and beyond. Relevant for customs and trade compliance professionals rethinking how their function is...
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Poland’s logistics sector and its role in European customs and trade
Marek Tarczynski22 Jan 2026
Poland’s logistics sector and its role in European customs and trade
In this post-conference reflection interview, Marek Tarczynski, Chairman of the Council at Polska Izba Spedycji i Logistyki (PISiL), discusses Poland's role as a growing logistics hub and the challenges facing its freight forwarding and customs community — essential context for trade compliance professionals working with Polish and Central/Eastern European supply...
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How EurTradeNet International Association influences EU customs policy and system design
Maite Miret11 Jan 2026
How EurTradeNet International Association influences EU customs policy and system design
This interview with Maite Miret, General Manager and Secretary of the Board of EurTradeNet (ETN), looks at how a European association of customs IT service providers has shaped EU customs policy and system design over nearly 25 years, and what it expects from the upcoming EU Customs Data Hub —...
Digitalisation
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How EU laws are made: a guide for customs and trade professionals
Michael Lux09 Dec 2025
How EU laws are made: a guide for customs and trade professionals
How are EU laws actually made, and why are they so often unclear or complicated? Michael Lux, former Head of Unit "Customs Legislation" and "Customs Procedures" at the European Commission, walks customs and trade compliance professionals through the full legislative process behind Union customs law and the practical reasons quality...
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How customs professionals influence EU lawmaking
Eva Cartwright09 Dec 2025
How customs professionals influence EU lawmaking
Eva Cartwright, Senior Manager for Customs and Digitalisation at CLECAT, explains how customs professionals and trade associations can influence EU lawmaking in this second part of the "How EU laws are made" series — a practical look at where and how businesses can make their voice heard in Brussels. Topics...
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CLECAT's influence on the legislative processEva Cartwright20 Nov 2025
CLECAT's influence on the legislative process
In this post-conference reflections interview, Eva Cartwright, Senior Manager for Customs and Digitalisation at CLECAT, speaks with CustomsClear's Irina Duleva about how the association represents freight forwarders, logistics providers and customs agents in EU policymaking — a subject directly relevant to customs and trade compliance professionals following the EU customs...
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Mapping customs penalties accross EU
Antonio Castagnini18 Nov 2025
Mapping customs penalties accross EU
Customs penalties are not harmonised across the EU: this conference presentation by Antonio Castagnini (Greif) maps how the 27 member states differ in treating customs violations as administrative or criminal matters, drawing on a 2023 EU study — essential context for trade compliance professionals assessing where their operations carry the...
Compliance
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The evolving role of customs intermediaries: standards, digitalisation and global compliance challenges
Kevin Shakespeare21 Oct 2025
The evolving role of customs intermediaries: standards, digitalisation and global compliance challenges
During the roundtable "Customs brokers: ready for the future?", Kevin Shakespeare, Director of Strategic Projects and International Development at the Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade (IOE&IT), examines how the customs intermediary profession is evolving in response to regulatory change, trade complexity and digital transformation. Topics covered: The importance...
Digitalisation
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Customs brokers: ready for the future?
Massimo De Gregorio15 Oct 2025
Customs brokers: ready for the future?
This recording is relevant to customs and trade compliance professionals seeking to understand how the EU Customs Reform and digitalisation will reshape the role of customs brokers and representatives across the Union. Topics covered The current legal framework governing customs representation under the Union Customs Code (Recital 21, Articles 3(6),...
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Challenges faced by UK customs brokers
Holly Piggott29 Jun 2025
Challenges faced by UK customs brokers
Holly Piggott, Director of Alinea Customs, shares a UK customs brokerage's first-hand perspective on the practical and commercial challenges of supporting overseas companies through postponed accounting for import VAT (PVA) and indirect/fiscal representation — essential viewing for customs practitioners and trade compliance professionals working with non-UK-established clients. Topics covered: How...
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Business hotline for US customs issues - insights from Lithuania
Enrika Naujokė14 May 2025
Business hotline for US customs issues - insights from Lithuania
A short country update on how Lithuania is helping businesses cope with the 2025 US reciprocal tariffs, relevant to any customs or trade compliance professional trading with the United States. Topics covered: Lithuania's trade exposure to the new US tariffs and the government's €20 million business support plan the business...
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AI & Customs Series. Episode 4: on the future of customs professionals
Albert Willem Veenstra12 May 2025
AI & Customs Series. Episode 4: on the future of customs professionals
In the fourth instalment of the "AI & Customs Series", CustomsClear's Enrika Naujokė speaks with Professor Albert Veenstra (Rotterdam School of Management) about how rising data requirements and new digital tools are reshaping what it means to be a customs professional — essential viewing for anyone planning training, hiring or...
Digitalisation
Profession
Future of customs professionalsAlbert Willem Veenstra23 Apr 2025
Future of customs professionals
Professor Albert Veenstra (Rotterdam School of Management) looks at how the customs profession needs to change, arguing that tomorrow's customs professionals cannot succeed without a much deeper grasp of supply chains and logistics than the classic training curriculum currently provides. Topics covered: Gaps in current customs education against the EU...
Profession
What are the benefits and requirements of publishing an article in a journal?
Mikhail Kashubsky21 Apr 2024
What are the benefits and requirements of publishing an article in a journal?
Knowledge has the greatest potential when it is shared! Your expertise in the field of customs can help expand the knowledge of many current and future professionals if you want to pass it on. One way to do this is to publish an article in a selected professional journal. Watch...
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About the 'kitchen' and the future of EU customs - an interview with Frank Heijmann
Frank Heijmann26 Dec 2023
About the 'kitchen' and the future of EU customs - an interview with Frank Heijmann
Frank Heijmann is the co-author of the book 'Customs Inside Anywhere, Insights Everywhere'. By reading the book, you will learn how EU Customs work today and what the future holds. Find out more by watching the video (the excerpts from the interview). More information and full interview are availble here:...
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